ABS light and MOT

[Carol Anne]

Will the ABS light being on fail the MOT? Brakes are all new and otherwise fine.

Got a dodgy sensor on one wheel and the test on Friday :-(

[stanleyman]

If you don't want the ABS take the bulb out.

[furrycheeky]

It is a MOT fail.
If you take the bulb out it will still fail, as the MOT station will know the car should have ABS, and not having the light fails MOTS also.

[Carol Anne]

Thanks Furry, guess I'll have get it looked at. I do remember once, before current requirements, failing on a frayed rear middle seat belt. Instead of getting a new one I simply cut it out, and passed on re-test. Couldn't I simply disconnect the ABS alltogether by removing a fuse or something. After all it is an optional extra on a lot of cars, isn't it?

[Toureman]

You should tell people what sort of car you have if you want informed answers instead of guesses.

When I had a Scorpio with ABS the light used to come on now and again, I cured this by just wiggling (technical term) the sensor lead that goes to the abs sensor behind the wheel, this would cure the problem for a couple of months, then I would just do it again.

[keezin]

sometimes taking out the sensors-there are usually 3 or 4 and cleaning them will work but usually if a sensor fails it puts a flag up in the abs computer which needs to be reset.

[qapmoc]

Most ABS systems don't flag the computer, and when the sensors are all working the system will reset after a short time of correct function.